Gabriel Martinelli: Top Tear

[al-Ustaadh]

If he’s fine, why is Arteta gutted?

 

[Jack_the_boy]

 

[al-Ustaadh]

He's going to be fine. Mild twist at worst. Just a passionate player who just came back from a long term, serious injury.

Video shows the twist wasn't bad. He was walking around on it fine afterwards, especially for a twisted/sprained ankle. Nothing to see here.

 

[SevenOfClubs]

Why are you guys getting on him for being emotional. He is a kid that just came back from a massive injury. Probably ****ting himself a little with these minor injuries thinking it’s going to be a big one again

 

[A_G]

Never trust a doctor who hasn’t actually assessed the patient in person.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Never trust a doctor who hasn’t actually assessed the patient in person.

LOL Not posting it for that reason. Just the stated reason itself.

Video shows him walking with barely a limp, almost no limp at all. He's going to be fine. The twist wasn't that bad.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Can't take this kid's career taken away by injuries.

We actually have 3 worldclass talents in ESR, Saka and Nelli that are also just super nice guys off the field, even without the Arsenal fan bonus.

That's quite rare.

 

[A_G]

LOL Not posting it for that reason. Just the stated reason itself.

Video shows him walking with barely a limp, almost no limp at all. He's going to be fine. The twist wasn't that bad.

With the way he’s playing right now and his injury history surely you can understand why people are worried and fearing the worst?

 

[al-Ustaadh]

With the way he’s playing right now and his injury history surely you can understand why people are worried and fearing the worst?

Nope. I honestly can't. Especially if you watch video of the twist and video after the twist when he's walking. All precaution. He's going to be fine.

I trust that even if his passion makes him overreact after such a long term, serious injury that he's headstrong enough to push forward. I'm not worried.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

With the way he’s playing right now and his injury history surely you can understand why people are worried and fearing the worst?

His injury history is completely irrelevant from a rolled ankle? His injury history is a bad knee injury. Simple as, the kid rolled his ankle, he will probably be back on Thursday.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Get fit again soon. Hopefully it's not too bad.

 

[A_G]

His injury history is completely irrelevant from a rolled ankle? His injury history is a bad knee injury. Simple as, the kid rolled his ankle, he will probably be back on Thursday.

When you have a guy who has missed 35 games through injury the last two seasons, any new injury is going to worry you.

 

[AberGooner]

When you have a guy who has missed 35 games through injury the last two seasons, any new injury is going to worry you.

Yep especially after what we went through with Wilshere.

 

[Oxeki]

Hopefully it's just a sprain. They can be pretty painful.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Oh God don’t tell me we got another crier on our hands, we just got rid of Torreira. I like Martinelli as well.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Many players sending messages out to him on Insta. Gets me even more worried

 

[HairSprayGooners]

When you have a guy who has missed 35 games through injury the last two seasons, any new injury is going to worry you.

Yes, if its a recurring thing in the same area. But we have video evidence of what happened and he just fell awkwardly. It happens. If it was a random injury to his knee then I'd be worried.

Unlike someone such as Wilshere where the injury was in the same area every time... or a recurrent muscle injury etc.

 

[DanDare]

the armchair physios in this thread

 

[al-Ustaadh]

the armchair physios in this thread

I know this is directed towards me and that’s fine. I hate it when others do it too. But people are clearly blowing this out of proportion. Just trying to bring some sense to this. It really doesnt look bad and I’m of the belief Arteta’s comments were made without full knowledge from the medical staff and only based on Martinelli’s response.

Hopefully another learning curve for Arteta with the media.

 

[DanDare]

I know this is directed towards me and that’s fine. I hate it when others do it too. But people are clearly blowing this out of proportion. Just trying to bring some sense to this. It really doesnt look bad and I’m of the belief Arteta’s comments were made without full knowledge from the medical staff and only based on Martinelli’s response.

Hopefully another learning curve for Arteta with the media.

You and @HairSprayGooners

I share your optimism and hope he's ok but we'll just have to wait and see